God’s Timeline – Part 40
Jacob’s
Daughter
Pastor Bruce A. Shields
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SERMON TIMELINE (2021 A.D. = 5781 Jewish
Calendar Year)
- Creation Week (Approximately 4000 - 3900 B.C.)
o Adam, Eve, and the Fall
-
Cain and Abel
o Evil Fills the World
-
Noah Did All God Commanded
Him
o The Flood (2379 – 2279 B.C.)
o God’s Covenant with Noah
o Noah’s Sons and Ham’s Sin
o Nations of Noah’s Sons
-
Tower of Babel
- God calls Abram (2091 B.C.)
o Abram and Lot part ways (2085
B.C.)
o Rescue of Lot (2084 B.C.)
-
The Lord’s Covenant with Abram for Isaac
o Hagar and Ishmael Born (2080 B.C.) Abram 86 years old
o Sarai and Isaac
o The Three Visitors
o Abraham Pleads for Sodom
-
Birth of Isaac (2066 B.C. Abraham 99 years old Sarah 90-Hagar and
Ishmael sent away)
o The Lord tests Abraham (2054 B.C.)
o Sarah Dies 127 years old (2030 B.C. Abraham is 136)
-
Isaac marries Rebekah (2026 B.C. Isaac was 40 when he
married Rebekah)
- Jacob and Esau are born (2006 B.C. Isaac was 60 Abraham 159)
o Abraham dies at 175 (1991 B.C. Isaac was 75)
o Isaac receives the Birthright and his father’s
blessing
o Esau marries two Hittites at 40 (1966 B.C.)
o Esau marries a daughter of Ishmael
o Jacob travels to his grandfather’s family to
find a wife (1928 B.C.)
o Jacob’s Dream at Bethel
o Jacob marries Leah then Rachel
§ Levi is born (1921 B.C.)
§ Joseph is born (1916 B.C.)
o Jacob fled Laban and is pursued (1908 B.C.)
o Jacob Prepares to meet Esau
o Jacob Wrestles with God & Becomes Israel
o Jacob Meets With Esau after 20 Years
o Jacob’s Daughter Raped by Shechem (1906 B.C.)
INTRODUCTION
Jacob met with his
brother Esau after 20 years in exile serving his uncle Laban, during which time
he had children with Leah, her sister Rachel and their two servants.
SCRIPTURE READING
Genesis 34:1-5
“Now Dinah, the daughter Leah had borne to Jacob, went out
to visit the women of the land. 2 When Shechem son of Hamor the Hivite, the
ruler of that area, saw her, he took her and raped her. 3 His heart was drawn
to Dinah daughter of Jacob; he loved the young woman and spoke tenderly to her.
4 And Shechem said to his father Hamor, “Get me this girl as my wife.”
5 When Jacob heard that his daughter Dinah had been defiled,
his sons were in the fields with his livestock; so he did nothing about it
until they came home.
I.
JACOB SETTLES IN THE LAND OF SHECHEM
a.
Jacob is not supposed to be in Shechem
i.
Remember
the Lord said to Jacob, the land on which he was standing God was giving him.
Beth-el, this was to be where Jacob returned.
ii.
Not
lying to his brother Esau, after mending their relationship
iii.
Not
traveling to Sukkoth to live, then later moving to Shechem and buying land
there to live
iv.
Not
building an altar to God in Shechem and expecting it to please God
v.
As
long as Jacob was living as Jacob the deceiver and not Israel, and as long as
he was anywhere other than Beth-el, he was living outside of God’s Will
b.
Dinah was being a normal 15–16-year-old girl
i.
According
to most scholars, from the time of her birth, the moving around and settling in
Shechem, Jacob and Leah’s daughter Dinah was approximately 15 to 16 years old.
ii.
When
the scripture states she “…went out to visit the women of the land,” we may infer
that she was A)
also considered a woman (Mary, mother of Jesus was 14) B) the scriptures say nothing
about her doing ANYTHING WRONG C)
after the rape Dinah is NEVER held responsible in any way for any of it, she
was completely innocent, and an unwilling participant
iii.
She
was being a typical 15-year-old, wanting to hang with other women in town,
nothing more
c. Shechem, son of Hamor, ruled
the land of Shechem
i.
Scripture
states, when Shechem saw Dinah, he “took her” and “raped her”
1.
The
next verses describe the perverse mind of a rapist
2.
Vs 3
“His heart was drawn to Dinah”
3.
LIT:
His ‘nep̄eš’ ‘dāḇaq’ to Dinah
4.
nep̄eš – mind, desire, appetite
5.
dāḇaq –
follow hard, overtake, pursued
6.
In
other words, Vs 3
says “His desire/appetite was pursuing/overtaking Dinah”
ii.
Vs 3
continues, “He loved the young woman and spoke tenderly to her.”
1.
So.
2.
He
raped her. He didn’t actually “love her”. You don’t rape someone you love.
3.
There
are many reports of rapists speaking “tenderly” to their victims after the
repulsive behavior. It does not change what has happened.
iii.
Shechem
went to his father Hamor and demanded, “Get me this girl
as my wife.”
iv.
So
Shechem’s father Hamor went to talk to Jacob about arranging a marriage
II.
WHEN JACOB HEARS DINAH WAS RAPED, HE DID NOTHING
a.
Genesis 34:5 “When Jacob heard that his daughter Dinah
had been defiled, his sons were in the fields with his livestock; so he did
nothing about it until they came home.”
i.
Speaking
with Hamor, Jacob was afraid of him
ii.
When
Simeon and Levi return from the field, they find out the truth
b.
Simeon and Levi were shocked at Jacob and outraged at
Shechem and Hamor
i.
Shocked
that Jacob did nothing!
ii.
Shocked
at the fact, this act was “against Israel”
iii.
Outraged
at Shechem and Hamor
c.
Hamor and Shechem want favor so Shechem can marry
Dinah
i.
Hamor
begins to wheel and deal for Dinah to marry his son Shechem
ii.
Shechem
says, “I will give you whatever you ask. Ask anything and its yours.”
iii.
Verse 13-17
tells us, “Because their sister Dinah had been defiled, Jacob’s sons replied
deceitfully as they spoke to Shechem and his father Hamor. 14 They said to
them, “We can’t do such a thing; we can’t give our sister to a man who is not
circumcised. That would be a disgrace to us. 15 We will enter into an agreement
with you on one condition only: that you become like us by circumcising all
your males. 16 Then we will give you our daughters and take your daughters for
ourselves. We’ll settle among you and become one people with you. 17 But if you
will not agree to be circumcised, we’ll take our sister and go.”
III.
JACOBS SONS TAKE MATTERS INTO THEIR OWN HANDS
a.
Simeon and Levi propose a ruse
i.
Vs 18 “The
proposal seemed good to Hamor and his son Shechem”
ii.
Vs 24
“All the men who went out of the city gate agreed with Hamor and his son
Shechem, and every male in the city was circumcised.”
b.
Every male in the city was circumcised
i.
They
agreed, and carried out their agreement
c.
Three days later
i.
ILLUSTRATION: I
had surgery for a hernia. The next day, I felt great. Almost no pain
whatsoever. The second day, like the first, I felt great. However, on that
third day, it was so sore, I could barely get out of bed. For some reason, I
don’t understand why that third day forward was excruciating. It lasted nearly
two weeks.
ii.
Vs 25 “Three
days later, while all of them were still in pain…”
iii.
Simeon
and Levi killed every male in the city, including Hamor and Shechem.
iv.
They
rescued Dinah from Shechem’s house.
v.
They
then looted all the dead bodies in the city because Dinah had been raped
vi.
They
took the flocks, donkeys, and everything else in the fields.
vii.
They
carried off all their wealth and all their women and children, taking as
plunder everything in the houses.
CONCLUSION –
Genesis 34:30-31 “Then Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, “You have brought trouble on me by
making me obnoxious to the Canaanites and Perizzites, the people living in this
land. We are few in number, and if they join forces against me and attack me, I
and my household will be destroyed.”
31 But they replied,
“Should he have treated our sister like a prostitute?”
Jacob was angry with
Simeon and Levi for what they had done.
Jacob forgot;
·
Forgot he is NOT Jacob,
but Israel
·
Forgot God’s promise to
protect him
·
Forgot he was to return
to Beth-el the land God gave him
Jacob is afraid;
·
He was afraid of his
brother Esau
·
Afraid to leave his uncle
Laban (stayed an extra 6 years, then snuck off in the night)
·
He was afraid to face
Shechem after he raped his daughter Dinah
·
He was afraid to tell
Hamor off for his son Shechem’s terrible offense
·
He was afraid the
Canaanites & Perizzites would retaliate
All this time, he should have remembered he is Israel, not Jacob
All this time, he should have feared the Lord, not men
Proverbs 9:10 “Fear of the Lord is the beginning of understanding.”
Jesus says in Matthew 10:28 “Do not be afraid of those who kill the body
but cannot kill the soul. Rather, be afraid of the One who can destroy both
soul and body in hell.”
Next week we will read about Jacob’s Return to Beth-el
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